Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

notes the Government’s failure to keep its promise to hold a Tax Summit by 30 June 2011;

(2)

considers that any genuine Tax Summit will properly review and report on Labor’s proposals to introduce a national mining tax and a carbon tax; and

(3)

decides that no legislation to impose a national mining tax or a carbon tax be considered by the House until after the October Tax Summit has reported.

Maria Vamvakinou (Calwell, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

acknowledges the Federal Government’s National Consumer Credit Action Plan, particularly phase one of the plan which came into effect on 1 January 2011 and provides for licensing of all credit providers, new responsible lending requirements and access to external dispute resolution for all consumers of consumer credit;

(2)

notes that phase two of the National Consumer Credit Action Plan will be considered by the Government in 2011, which will include consideration of new rules to apply to small amount short term loans (often known as payday loans);

(3)

calls on all Members of this House to consider and consult with relevant community organisations on the impact of small amount short term loans on vulnerable constituents, particularly the impact of very expensive interest, fees and charges which can be detrimental to household budgets and reduce the ability for people to manage their day-to-day finances; and

(4)

calls on the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation to improve the operation of the consumer credit market in Australia by ensuring that small amount short term loans are not damaging to families and households, by replacing the myriad of existing state-based interest rate limits with a single, national limit on the fees and interest that can be charged by short term lenders.

George Christensen (Dawson, National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

recognises the one-hundredth anniversary of the sinking of SS Yongala;

(2)

notes that:

(a)

the SS Yongala sank in a cyclone on 23 March 1911 on a voyage from Mackay to Townsville;

(b)

the SS Yongala was lost 12 nautical miles off Alva in the Burdekin; and

(c)

122 passengers lost their lives as a result of the ship’s sinking; and

(3)

extends its thoughts and sympathies, at this time of memorial, to the living descendants of those who perished with the sinking of the SS Yongala.